The Liver Meeting 2019-Running a Journal’s Twitter Account

Running a Journal’s Twitter Account

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Adam Mikolajczyk from the University of Illinois at Chicago and Associate Editor for Hepatology Communications discusses the importance of Twitter in the medical journal landscape. Twitter enhances journal impact by bridging the gap between early view and print versions, expanding the audience reach beyond subscribers, increasing interactivity with visual abstracts, and contributing to new impact metrics. Twitter also allows for global sharing through journal clubs and altmetrics, providing real-time data on article popularity. Overall, Twitter plays a key role in modernizing journal dissemination and engagement, ultimately improving the impact and reach of medical and scientific research.

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Adam Mikolajczyk

University of Illinois at Chicago

Twitter

medical journal landscape

journal impact